We examine both theoretically and empirically how migration affects cultural change in home and host countries. Our … theoretical model integrates various compositional and cultural transmission mechanisms of migration-based cultural change for …, this is mostly to disseminate cultural values and norms from host to home countries (i.e., cultural remittances). …

In this paper, we study how forced migration impacts the in-group and out-group social capital of Syrian refugees and … the migration experience (for refugees) and the refugee crisis (for the host population). Additionally, we study the … social spillovers to Palestinians, an established refugee population in Lebanon. We find that the impact of forced migration …

selective out-migration literature, our basic structure assumes that the process that determines out-migration is unrelated to …

countries. We draw on European data from 30 countries, including over 90 countries of birth and control for timing of migration …, selective migration and other controls including citizenship and cultural proxies. Our results show robust evidence of cultural …

closely matching patterns for immigrants’ English language profficiency. …